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- the present disclosure relates to a heat dissipating structure and a light-emitting device including the same, and more particularly, to a light emitting device including a light-emitting element such as a laser diode (LD) or a light-emitting diode (LED) and a heat dissipating structure that is flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element to facilitate heat dissipation.
- a light emitting device including a light-emitting element such as a laser diode (LD) or a light-emitting diode (LED) and a heat dissipating structure that is flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element to facilitate heat dissipation.
- LD laser diode
- LED light-emitting diode
- Laser light emitted from a laser diode one type of light-emitting element, has many practical applications in fields such as optical communications, multiple communications, and space communications. This is due in part to its small frequency bandwidth and high degree of orientation.
- the other major application of a laser diode is optical recording media.
- compact disk players and compact disk read/write (CD-RW) drives there is a need for a laser diode requiring a low current level as well as having a long operational life expectancy.
- FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional light-emitting device including a laser diode as a light-emitting element 80 .
- the light-emitting element 80 is flip-chip bonded to a submount 11 of a heat dissipating element 10 for easily dissipating heat generated from the light-emitting element 80 during operation.
- the light-emitting element 80 includes a substrate 61 , and an upper material layer 50 , a resonant layer 40 and a lower material layer 30 sequentially formed beneath (as oriented in the illustration) the substrate 61 .
- the structure of the layers formed beneath the substrate 61 is divided into a first region R 1 ′ and a second region R 2 ′ separated from the first region R 1 ′ by a gap G′.
- a p-type electrode 21 is formed as the lowermost layer 25 of the first region R 1 ′ while an n-type electrode 22 is formed as the lowermost layer of the second region R 2 ′.
- a current limiting layer 25 is formed between the lower material layer 30 and the p-type electrode 21 and limits a channel through current flows. That is, the current limiting layer 25 is buried into all of the region of the lower material layer 30 except a ridge 30 a and limits the amount of current being injected into the resonant layer 40 and improves driving efficiency.
- a large amount of heat is generated in the resonant layer 40 during the operation of the laser diode and transferred to a solder layer 19 mainly through the ridge 30 a , a diffusion prevention layer 17 and to the ceramic submount 11 through the solder layer 19 .
- the heat transferred to the submount 11 is dissipated into the air by natural convection.
- most of the heat transferred to the submount 11 tends to concentrate on region A of narrow width being in contact with the solder layer 19 , it is difficult to effectively dissipate heat.
- the metal medium layer includes titanium (Ti), platinum (Pt), and Au.
- the light-emitting device may further include a diffusion prevention layer interposed between the metal medium layer and the solder layer.
- the ratio of thickness t 2 of the conductive material layer to thickness t 1 of the submount may be greater than 46%.
- the light-emitting element may include a first region containing the resonant layer and a second region that is separated from the first region by a gap.
- the solder layer may include a first solder layer bonded to the first region and a second solder layer bonded to the second region.
- the conductive material layer may vertically face at least the first region and create a heat dissipating path for dissipating heat away from the resonant layer.
- first and second regions are stacked to substantially the same thickness and the top surface of the first solder layer facing the first region are at substantially the same level as the top surface of the second solder layer facing the second region.
- first and second regions may be formed to a different thickness and the top surfaces of the first and second solder layers may have a step height to compensate for a step difference between the first and second regions.
- the submount may have a first groove formed along one direction and a plurality of second grooves arranged at predetermined intervals perpendicular to the length of the first groove.
- FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure.
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the submount shown in FIG. 5 .
- the resonant layer 140 includes an upper waveguide layer 145 , an active layer 143 and a lower waveguide layer 141 formed sequentially beneath the upper cladding layer 151 of the first compound semiconductor layer 150 .
- the upper and lower waveguide layers 145 and 141 may be formed of a GaN-based III-V compound semiconductor material with a refractive index less than that of the active layer 143 .
- the upper and lower waveguide layers 145 and 141 may be formed of n-GaN and p-GaN, respectively.
- the active layer 143 is formed of a material where light emission occurs due to hole-electron recombination.
- the active layer 143 may be a GaN-based III-V nitride compound semiconductor layer having a multi-quantum well (MQW) structure, more preferably, In x Al y Ga 1-x-y N (0 ⁇ x) layer.
- the active layer 143 may have a single quantum well (SQW), multiple quantum well (MQW) or other commonly known structure.
- the second compound semiconductor layer 131 is generally formed of a similar material to that of the first compound semiconductor layer 153 and has an opposite doping type to that of the first compound semiconductor layer 153 . That is, when the first compound semiconductor layer 153 is generally formed of an n-type compound semiconductor material such as n-GaN, the second compound semiconductor layer 131 is formed of a p-type compound semiconductor material such as p-GaN.
- a p-type electrode 121 is formed along the bottom surfaces of the current limiting layer 125 and the second compound semiconductor layer 131 at the first area R 1 and contacts the second compound semiconductor layer 131 underlying the ridge 133 a so as to conduct current.
- An n-type electrode 122 underlies the current limiting layer 125 at the second area R 2 .
- the n-type electrode 122 extends through the gap G into the bottom surface of the first compound semiconductor layer 153 and is electrically connected to the first compound semiconductor layer 153 .
- the light-emitting element 180 having the above-mentioned configuration is flip-chip bonded to the heat dissipating structure 100 .
- the heat dissipating structure 100 includes a submount 111 and solder layers 119 a and 119 b formed on the submount 111 .
- the submount 111 acts as a heat dissipating plate and dissipates heat generated in the light-emitting element 180 producing laser light during operation.
- the submount 111 may be formed of a highly thermally conductive insulating material such as aluminum nitride (AlN) with thermal conductivity of 230 W/Mk, SiC with thermal conductivity of 240 W/mK, aluminum (Al), or silicon (Si).
- the conductive material layer 115 creates a heat dissipating path across the submount 111 and contributes to fast dissipation of heat generated from the light-emitting element 180 during operation.
- the conductive material layer 115 is formed by plating highly thermally conductive metal such as gold (Au), copper (Cu), copper (Cu) alloy, copper-tungsten (Cu—W) alloy, silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al) alloy, for example.
- the thermal conductivities of Cu and Au are about 393 to 401 W/mK and 297 W/mK, respectively.
- the conductive material layer 115 may have higher thermal conductivity than the submount 111 for more efficient heat dissipation.
- FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the submount 111 .
- the conductive material layer 115 may have a thickness t 2 that is greater than 46% of thickness t 1 of the submount 111 for efficient heat dissipation.
- the thickness t 1 of the submount 111 is 150 ⁇ m
- the thickness t 2 of the conductive material layer 115 is greater than 70 ⁇ m in this exemplary embodiment.
- the conductive material layer 115 may be formed along the entire length of the submount 111 .
- the entire length L along which the submount 111 extends may be 2,000 to 2,500 ⁇ m.
- Reference character W denotes the width of the conductive material layer 115 and may be, for example, about 100 ⁇ m.
- the conductive material layer 115 is formed at a position corresponding to the first area R 1 where heat generated from the light-emitting element 180 during operation concentrates and quickly dissipates the heat away from the resonant layer 140 .
- An additional conductive material layer 115 ′ may be formed at a position corresponding to the second area R 2 .
- a second solder layer 119 b is formed on the submount 111 having no groove 111 ′ (or a groove with a conductive material layer 115 ′′ as shown in FIG. 3 ) and bonded to the second area R 2 of the light-emitting element 180 .
- the metal medium layer 113 and the diffusion prevention layer 117 may be sequentially formed between the second solder layer 119 b and the submount 111 .
- Sn-based solders such as Au/Sn or Sn/Ag may be used in forming the first and second solder layers 119 a and 119 b .
- the heat dissipating structure 100 and the light-emitting element 180 are aligned vertically so that the first and second solder layers 119 a and 119 b oppose the p- and n-type electrodes 121 and 122 , respectively, and bonded to each other by applying ultrasonic wave and appropriate pressure.
- FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
- the light-emitting device includes a light-emitting element 280 and a heat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element 280 .
- the light-emitting element 280 includes a substrate 261 , and an upper material layer 250 , a resonant layer 240 and a lower material layer 230 sequentially formed beneath the substrate 261 at first area R 1 .
- the upper material layer 250 has a stepped structure that extends to a second area R 2 .
- the heat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element 280 includes a submount 211 and solder layers 219 a and 219 b that is formed on the submount 211 and creates a heat dissipating path for dissipating heat away from the light-emitting element 280 .
- the submount 211 has a groove 211 ′ formed therein.
- a conductive material layer 215 formed within the groove 211 ′ acts to uniformly diffuse heat energy transferred from the light-emitting element 280 during operation over the submount 211 .
- the conductive material layer 215 is filled to a depth D 2 that is a part of the entire depth D 1 so that the top surface of the first solder layer 219 a is stepped with respect to the top surface of the second solder layer 219 b.
- the heat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element 280 has a step height to compensate for the step height of the light-emitting element 280 .
- a predetermined height difference may occur between the first solder layer 219 a welded to the p-type electrode 221 at the thick-film first area R 1 and the second solder layer 219 b welded to the n-type electrode 222 at the thin-film second area R 2 . That is, the height h 2 of the second solder layer 219 b may be greater than the height h 1 of the first solder layer 219 a .
- a melted state of solder may vary between the first and second solder layers 219 a and 219 b during a reflow process, thereby resulting in a lopsided light-emitting device or incomplete support structure thus a damage within the light-emitting element 280 .
- a metal medium layer 213 is interposed between the conductive material layer 215 formed within the groove 211 ′ and the submount 211 and a diffusion prevention layer 217 is formed between the conductive layer 215 and either the first or second solder layer 219 a or 219 b in this exemplary embodiment.
- a first material layer 253 and an upper cladding layer 251 contained in the upper material layer 250 , an upper waveguide layer 245 , an active layer 243 and a lower waveguide layer 241 contained in the resonant layer 240 , and an upper cladding layer 233 and a second material layer 231 contained in the lower material layer 230 have substantially the same or similar configurations and functions as their counterparts of the light-emitting device of FIG. 2 , a detailed explanation thereof will not be given.
- the heat transferred to the submount 311 is dissipated by natural convection through the outer surface of the submount 311 .
- heat uniformly transferred to the entire outer surface of the submount 311 is efficiently dissipated through a wide heat transfer area.
- a metal medium layer 313 may be formed between the conductive material layer 315 and the submount 311 and the diffusion prevention layer 117 may be interposed between the conductive material layer 315 and the solder layer 119 .
- FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the submount 311 shown in FIG. 5 .
- the second grooves 311 ′ b are arranged at predetermined intervals perpendicular to the length of the first groove 311 ′ a of the submount 311 .
- the first and second grooves 311 ′ a and 311 b ′ may be formed by photo-lithography and wet or dry etching.
- a laser diode is used as a light-emitting element, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that a light-emitting diode may be the light-emitting element.
- a conductive material layer formed in the submount allows heat generated in a light-emitting element during operation to be rapidly diffused, thus preventing degradation of the light-emitting element while achieving a high output power light-emitting element with improved light-emission characteristics and high injection current.
- a groove is formed in the submount flip-chip bonded to the stepped light-emitting element, thereby creating a step difference to compensate for the step height of the light-emitting element while reducing or eliminating the height difference between solder layers. This makes the melted state of solders in the solder layers uniform during reflow-soldering, thereby preventing damage within the light-emitting element during bonding.
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Abstract
A heat dissipating structure is flip-chip bonded to a light-emitting element and facilitates heat dissipation. The heat dissipating structure includes: a submount facing the light-emitting element and having at least one groove; a conductive material layer filled into at least a portion of the at least one groove; and a solder layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the submount for bonding. The heat dissipating structure and the light-emitting device having the same allow efficient dissipation of heat generated in the light-emitting element during operation.
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- Priority is claimed to Korean Patent Application No. 10-2005-0037852, filed on May 6, 2005, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference.
- 1. Field of the Disclosure
- The present disclosure relates to a heat dissipating structure and a light-emitting device including the same, and more particularly, to a light emitting device including a light-emitting element such as a laser diode (LD) or a light-emitting diode (LED) and a heat dissipating structure that is flip-chip bonded to the light-emitting element to facilitate heat dissipation.
- 2. Description of the Related Art
- Laser light emitted from a laser diode, one type of light-emitting element, has many practical applications in fields such as optical communications, multiple communications, and space communications. This is due in part to its small frequency bandwidth and high degree of orientation. The other major application of a laser diode is optical recording media. In compact disk players and compact disk read/write (CD-RW) drives, there is a need for a laser diode requiring a low current level as well as having a long operational life expectancy.
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FIG. 1 shows an example of a conventional light-emitting device including a laser diode as a light-emittingelement 80. The light-emittingelement 80 is flip-chip bonded to asubmount 11 of aheat dissipating element 10 for easily dissipating heat generated from the light-emittingelement 80 during operation. The light-emittingelement 80 includes asubstrate 61, and anupper material layer 50, aresonant layer 40 and alower material layer 30 sequentially formed beneath (as oriented in the illustration) thesubstrate 61. The structure of the layers formed beneath thesubstrate 61 is divided into a first region R1′ and a second region R2′ separated from the first region R1′ by a gap G′. A p-type electrode 21 is formed as thelowermost layer 25 of the first region R1′ while an n-type electrode 22 is formed as the lowermost layer of the second region R2′. Upon application of a bias voltage by the p- and n-type electrodes resonant layer 40, resulting in the emission of light. A current limitinglayer 25 is formed between thelower material layer 30 and the p-type electrode 21 and limits a channel through current flows. That is, the current limitinglayer 25 is buried into all of the region of thelower material layer 30 except aridge 30 a and limits the amount of current being injected into theresonant layer 40 and improves driving efficiency. - A large amount of heat is generated in the
resonant layer 40 during the operation of the laser diode and transferred to asolder layer 19 mainly through theridge 30 a, adiffusion prevention layer 17 and to theceramic submount 11 through thesolder layer 19. The heat transferred to thesubmount 11 is dissipated into the air by natural convection. However, because most of the heat transferred to thesubmount 11 tends to concentrate on region A of narrow width being in contact with thesolder layer 19, it is difficult to effectively dissipate heat. - Since threshold current for light emission from a laser diode and laser mode stability decrease as temperature increases, a conventional light-emitting device suffers degradation in light emission characteristics of laser over time. Along with this problem, a high output power laser diode with high injection current also suffers restriction on increase of output power because it generates a large amount of heat.
- The present disclosure provides a heat dissipating structure designed to prevent degradation of a light-emitting element while providing stable light emission characteristics and a light-emitting device having the heat dissipating structure.
- According to an aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a heat dissipating structure that is flip-chip bonded to a light-emitting element and facilitates heat dissipation, the heat dissipating structure including: a submount facing the light-emitting element and having at least one groove; a conductive material layer filled into at least a portion of the at least one groove; and a solder layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the submount for bonding. The conductive material layer may contain at least one of gold (Au), copper (Cu), copper (Cu) alloy, copper-tungsten (Cu—W) alloy, silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al) alloy.
- According to another aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided a light-emitting device including: a light-emitting element including an upper material layer, a lower material layer, and a resonant layer that is interposed between the upper and lower material layers and emits light; a submount that is disposed to vertically face the light-emitting element and has at least one groove; a conductive material layer filled into at least a portion of the at least one groove; and a solder layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the submount for bonding.
- The light-emitting device may further include a metal medium layer interposed between the submount and the solder layer. The metal medium layer may be formed to surround at least the inside of the groove.
- The metal medium layer includes titanium (Ti), platinum (Pt), and Au. The light-emitting device may further include a diffusion prevention layer interposed between the metal medium layer and the solder layer.
- The ratio of thickness t2 of the conductive material layer to thickness t1 of the submount may be greater than 46%.
- The light-emitting element may include a first region containing the resonant layer and a second region that is separated from the first region by a gap. The solder layer may include a first solder layer bonded to the first region and a second solder layer bonded to the second region. The conductive material layer may vertically face at least the first region and create a heat dissipating path for dissipating heat away from the resonant layer.
- In this case, the first and second regions are stacked to substantially the same thickness and the top surface of the first solder layer facing the first region are at substantially the same level as the top surface of the second solder layer facing the second region. Alternatively, the first and second regions may be formed to a different thickness and the top surfaces of the first and second solder layers may have a step height to compensate for a step difference between the first and second regions.
- The submount may have a first groove formed along one direction and a plurality of second grooves arranged at predetermined intervals perpendicular to the length of the first groove.
- The light-emitting element may be a laser diode (LD) or a light-emitting diode (LED). The solder layer may be formed of a Sn-based alloy such as Au/Sn or Sn/Ag. The submount may be formed of an insulating material such as aluminum nitride (AlN) or silicon carbide (SiC), aluminum (Al), and silicon (Si).
- The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof with reference to the attached drawings in which:
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FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a conventional light-emitting device; -
FIG. 2 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of the submount shown inFIG. 2 ; -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure; -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure; and -
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of the submount shown inFIG. 5 . - The present invention will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments of the invention are shown. Referring to
FIG. 2 , a light-emitting device according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure includes a light-emittingelement 180 and aheat dissipating structure 100 that are flip-chip bonded to vertically face each other. The light-emittingelement 180 includes asubstrate 161 forming a base, and anupper material layer 150, aresonant layer 140 and alower material layer 130 sequentially formed beneath thesubstrate 161. Here, the structure of the layers formed beneath thesubstrate 161 is divided into a first area R1 and a second area R2 separated from the first area R1 by a gap G. - The
substrate 161 may be formed of sapphire or III-V compound semiconductor such as gallium nitride (GaN) or silicon carbide (SiC). Theupper material layer 150 is formed beneath thesubstrate 161 and includes a firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 as a contact layer and anupper cladding layer 151 formed beneath the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153. The firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 may be formed of an n-GaN-based III-V nitride compound semiconductor material or other III-V compound semiconductor material enabling lasing. The gap G is formed from a portion of the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 and separates the first area R1 from the second area R2. Theupper cladding layer 151 may be formed from n-GaN/AlGaN having a refractive index or other compound semiconductor material enabling lasing. - The
resonant layer 140 includes anupper waveguide layer 145, anactive layer 143 and alower waveguide layer 141 formed sequentially beneath theupper cladding layer 151 of the firstcompound semiconductor layer 150. The upper andlower waveguide layers active layer 143. The upper andlower waveguide layers active layer 143 is formed of a material where light emission occurs due to hole-electron recombination. Theactive layer 143 may be a GaN-based III-V nitride compound semiconductor layer having a multi-quantum well (MQW) structure, more preferably, InxAlyGa1-x-yN (0<x) layer. Theactive layer 143 may have a single quantum well (SQW), multiple quantum well (MQW) or other commonly known structure. - A
lower material layer 130 is formed beneath thelower waveguide layer 141 of theresonant layer 143. Thelower material layer 130 includes alower cladding layer 133 and a secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 sequentially stacked. Thelower cladding layer 133 at the first area R1 has aridge 133 a and aprotrusion 133 b that are separated from each other by a predetermined distance and extend downward as oriented in the illustration. Thelower cladding layer 133 at the second area R2 has a flat, smooth surface. - The
lower cladding layer 133 is generally formed of a similar material to that of theupper cladding layer 151 but has different doping type than the doping type of theupper cladding layer 151. For example, when theupper cladding layer 151 is formed of n-GaN/AlGaN, thelower cladding layer 133 is generally formed of p-GaN/AlGaN. A secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 serving as an ohmic contact layer is formed beneath thelower cladding layer 133, more specifically, theridge 133 a and theprotrusion 133 b. The secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 is generally formed of a similar material to that of the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 and has an opposite doping type to that of the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153. That is, when the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 is generally formed of an n-type compound semiconductor material such as n-GaN, the secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 is formed of a p-type compound semiconductor material such as p-GaN. - A current limiting
layer 125 serving as a passivation layer is formed beneath thelower material layer 130 so as to cover predetermined regions of thelower cladding layer 133 and the secondcompound semiconductor layer 131. More specifically, the current limitinglayer 125 covers the entire secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 except that underlying theridge 133 a at the first area R1 so as to expose theridge 133 a. The current limitinglayer 125 is formed of a typical passivation material such as oxide containing at least one element of Si, aluminum (Al), zirconium (Zr), and tantalum (Ta), for example. - A p-
type electrode 121 is formed along the bottom surfaces of the current limitinglayer 125 and the secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 at the first area R1 and contacts the secondcompound semiconductor layer 131 underlying theridge 133 a so as to conduct current. An n-type electrode 122 underlies the current limitinglayer 125 at the second area R2. The n-type electrode 122 extends through the gap G into the bottom surface of the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153 and is electrically connected to the firstcompound semiconductor layer 153. - The light-emitting
element 180 having the above-mentioned configuration is flip-chip bonded to theheat dissipating structure 100. Theheat dissipating structure 100 includes asubmount 111 andsolder layers submount 111. Thesubmount 111 acts as a heat dissipating plate and dissipates heat generated in the light-emittingelement 180 producing laser light during operation. To accomplish this function, thesubmount 111 may be formed of a highly thermally conductive insulating material such as aluminum nitride (AlN) with thermal conductivity of 230 W/Mk, SiC with thermal conductivity of 240 W/mK, aluminum (Al), or silicon (Si). - The
submount 111 has agroove 111′ extending along one direction and filled with aconductive material layer 115. Here, conductive is in a heat transfer sense, but in exemplary embodiments it is also electrically conductive Thegroove 111′ may be formed by a commonly known dry or wet etching method. - A
metal medium layer 113 is formed on the inside of thegroove 111′ and a predetermined region of thesubmount 111. Themetal medium layer 113 is interposed between the submount 111 and theconductive material layer 115 that has poor adhesion characteristics, for good adhesion therebetween. Themetal medium layer 113 formed on the inside of thegroove 111′ also serves as a seed layer for filling thegroove 111′ with theconductive material layer 115 and may be formed by sequentially stacking titanium (Ti), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au), for example. - The
conductive material layer 115 creates a heat dissipating path across thesubmount 111 and contributes to fast dissipation of heat generated from the light-emittingelement 180 during operation. Theconductive material layer 115 is formed by plating highly thermally conductive metal such as gold (Au), copper (Cu), copper (Cu) alloy, copper-tungsten (Cu—W) alloy, silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al) alloy, for example. The thermal conductivities of Cu and Au are about 393 to 401 W/mK and 297 W/mK, respectively. Theconductive material layer 115 may have higher thermal conductivity than thesubmount 111 for more efficient heat dissipation. -
FIG. 3 is a perspective view of thesubmount 111. Referring toFIG. 3 , theconductive material layer 115 may have a thickness t2 that is greater than 46% of thickness t1 of thesubmount 111 for efficient heat dissipation. For example, when the thickness t1 of thesubmount 111 is 150 μm, the thickness t2 of theconductive material layer 115 is greater than 70 μm in this exemplary embodiment. Theconductive material layer 115 may be formed along the entire length of thesubmount 111. The entire length L along which thesubmount 111 extends may be 2,000 to 2,500 μm. Reference character W denotes the width of theconductive material layer 115 and may be, for example, about 100 μm. - The
conductive material layer 115 is formed at a position corresponding to the first area R1 where heat generated from the light-emittingelement 180 during operation concentrates and quickly dissipates the heat away from theresonant layer 140. An additionalconductive material layer 115′ may be formed at a position corresponding to the second area R2. - Turning to
FIG. 2 , afirst solder layer 119 a is formed on theconductive material layer 115 and contacts the first area R1 of the light-emittingelement 180. Adiffusion prevention layer 117 is formed between thefirst solder layer 119 a and the first area R1 of the light-emittingelement 180. When tin (Sn) contained in thefirst solder layer 119 a is diffused into theconductive material layer 115, theconductive material layer 115 or thesubmount 111 may be damaged due to stress exerted on theconductive material layer 115 and its repeated expansion and contraction according to changes in the on/off status of the light-emittingelement 180. Thediffusion prevention layer 117 may be formed of Pt, for example. Asecond solder layer 119 b is formed on thesubmount 111 having nogroove 111′ (or a groove with aconductive material layer 115″ as shown inFIG. 3 ) and bonded to the second area R2 of the light-emittingelement 180. Themetal medium layer 113 and thediffusion prevention layer 117 may be sequentially formed between thesecond solder layer 119 b and thesubmount 111. - Sn-based solders such as Au/Sn or Sn/Ag may be used in forming the first and second solder layers 119 a and 119 b. The
heat dissipating structure 100 and the light-emittingelement 180 are aligned vertically so that the first and second solder layers 119 a and 119 b oppose the p- and n-type electrodes - In order to verify the effect of the present disclosure, computerized data was analyzed to find that the
submount 111 of the present disclosure has a more uniform temperature gradient than a conventional submount because theconductive material layer 115 formed in thegroove 111′ acts to widely diffuse heat. In this way, the present disclosure allows uniform dispersion of heat generated in the light-emittingelement 180 over theentire submount 111, thus decreasing the temperature of the light-emittingelement 180. Experiments showed that average temperature in the first area R1 is tens of percent lower than temperature observed for a conventional structure -
FIG. 4 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. Referring toFIG. 4 , like the light-emitting device ofFIG. 2 , the light-emitting device includes a light-emittingelement 280 and aheat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emittingelement 280. The light-emittingelement 280 includes asubstrate 261, and anupper material layer 250, aresonant layer 240 and a lower material layer 230 sequentially formed beneath thesubstrate 261 at first area R1. Theupper material layer 250 has a stepped structure that extends to a second area R2. Theresonant layer 240 allows laser light to oscillate due to light energy created by recombination of carriers and the upper andlower material layers 250 and 230 are electrically connected to n- and p-type electrodes type electrode 221 is formed in the lowermost portion of the first area R1 and coupled to the lower material layer 230 exposed by a current limitinglayer 225. On the other hand, the n-type electrode 222 is formed in and connected to theupper material layer 250 at the second area R2. Because the light-emittingelement 280 has a stepped structure, a height difference Hd between the first and second areas R1 and R2 occurs. - The
heat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emittingelement 280 includes asubmount 211 andsolder layers submount 211 and creates a heat dissipating path for dissipating heat away from the light-emittingelement 280. Thesubmount 211 has agroove 211′ formed therein. Aconductive material layer 215 formed within thegroove 211′ acts to uniformly diffuse heat energy transferred from the light-emittingelement 280 during operation over thesubmount 211. Theconductive material layer 215 is filled to a depth D2 that is a part of the entire depth D1 so that the top surface of thefirst solder layer 219 a is stepped with respect to the top surface of thesecond solder layer 219 b. - The
heat dissipating structure 200 flip-chip bonded to the light-emittingelement 280 has a step height to compensate for the step height of the light-emittingelement 280. A predetermined height difference may occur between thefirst solder layer 219 a welded to the p-type electrode 221 at the thick-film first area R1 and thesecond solder layer 219 b welded to the n-type electrode 222 at the thin-film second area R2. That is, the height h2 of thesecond solder layer 219 b may be greater than the height h1 of thefirst solder layer 219 a. When an excessive height difference occurs between the first and second solder layers 219 a and 219 b, a melted state of solder may vary between the first and second solder layers 219 a and 219 b during a reflow process, thereby resulting in a lopsided light-emitting device or incomplete support structure thus a damage within the light-emittingelement 280. - In the present embodiment, the
groove 211′ is formed in thesubmount 211 to a predetermined depth in such a manner as to cause a step difference between the top surfaces of the solder layers 219 a and 219 b that will compensate for the step height of the light-emitting device while reducing or eliminating a height difference between the solder layers. - A
metal medium layer 213 is interposed between theconductive material layer 215 formed within thegroove 211′ and the submount 211 and adiffusion prevention layer 217 is formed between theconductive layer 215 and either the first orsecond solder layer first material layer 253 and anupper cladding layer 251 contained in theupper material layer 250, an upper waveguide layer 245, anactive layer 243 and a lower waveguide layer 241 contained in theresonant layer 240, and an upper cladding layer 233 and asecond material layer 231 contained in the lower material layer 230 have substantially the same or similar configurations and functions as their counterparts of the light-emitting device ofFIG. 2 , a detailed explanation thereof will not be given. -
FIG. 5 is a perspective view of a light-emitting device according to a third embodiment of the present disclosure. Like reference numerals inFIGS. 2 and 5 denote like elements. Referring toFIG. 5 , asubmount 311 has afirst groove 311′a formed along one direction and a plurality ofsecond grooves 311′b arranged perpendicular to the length of thefirst groove 311′a. The first andsecond grooves 311′a and 311′b are filled with aconductive material layer 315 that rapidly diffuses heat along the plane of thesubmount 311. The conductive material layers 315 are formed in the two orthogonal directions to facilitate two-dimensional heat diffusion. The heat transferred to thesubmount 311 is dissipated by natural convection through the outer surface of thesubmount 311. In this case, heat uniformly transferred to the entire outer surface of thesubmount 311 is efficiently dissipated through a wide heat transfer area. Ametal medium layer 313 may be formed between theconductive material layer 315 and the submount 311 and thediffusion prevention layer 117 may be interposed between theconductive material layer 315 and the solder layer 119. -
FIG. 6 is a perspective view of thesubmount 311 shown inFIG. 5 . Referring toFIG. 6 , thesecond grooves 311′b are arranged at predetermined intervals perpendicular to the length of thefirst groove 311′a of thesubmount 311. The first andsecond grooves 311′a and 311 b′ may be formed by photo-lithography and wet or dry etching. - Although in the above description a laser diode is used as a light-emitting element, it will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art that a light-emitting diode may be the light-emitting element.
- The exemplary embodiments of heat dissipating structure and light-emitting device including the same according to the present disclosure have several advantages. First, a conductive material layer formed in the submount allows heat generated in a light-emitting element during operation to be rapidly diffused, thus preventing degradation of the light-emitting element while achieving a high output power light-emitting element with improved light-emission characteristics and high injection current. Second, a groove is formed in the submount flip-chip bonded to the stepped light-emitting element, thereby creating a step difference to compensate for the step height of the light-emitting element while reducing or eliminating the height difference between solder layers. This makes the melted state of solders in the solder layers uniform during reflow-soldering, thereby preventing damage within the light-emitting element during bonding.
- While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention as defined by the following claims.
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1. A heat dissipating structure that is flip-chip bonded to a light-emitting element and facilitates heat dissipation, the heat dissipating structure comprising:
a submount facing the light-emitting element and having at least one groove;
a conductive material layer located in at least a portion of the at least one groove; and
a solder layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the conductive material located in the groove of the submount for bonding.
2. The heat dissipating structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive material layer contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), copper (Cu), copper (Cu) alloy, copper-tungsten (Cu—W) alloy, silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al) alloy.
3. A light-emitting device comprising:
a light-emitting element including an upper material layer, a lower material layer, and a resonant layer that is interposed between the upper and lower material layers and emits light;
a submount that is disposed to vertically face the light-emitting element and has at least one groove;
a conductive material layer located in at least a portion of the at least one groove; and
a solder layer interposed between the light-emitting element and the conductive material layer of the submount for bonding.
4. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the conductive material layer contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold (Au), copper (Cu), copper (Cu) alloy, copper-tungsten (Cu—W) alloy, silver (Ag), and aluminum (Al) alloy.
5. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , further comprising a metal medium layer interposed between the submount and the conductive material layer.
6. The light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the metal medium layer is formed to cover at least the inside of the groove.
7. The light-emitting device of claim 5 , wherein the metal medium layer contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of titanium (Ti), platinum (Pt), and gold (Au).
8. The light-emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a diffusion prevention layer interposed between the conductive material layer and the solder layer.
9. The light-emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the diffusion prevention layer includes Pt.
10. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the ratio of thickness t2 of the conductive material layer to thickness t1 of the submount is greater than 46%.
11. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the light-emitting element includes a first region containing the resonant layer and a second region that is separated from the first region by a gap, and
wherein the solder layer includes a first solder layer bonded to the first region and a second solder layer bonded to the second region.
12. The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the conductive material layer vertically faces at least the first region and creates a heat dissipating path for dissipating heat away from the resonant layer.
13. The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the first and second regions are stacked to substantially the same thickness and the top surface of the first solder layer facing the first region are at substantially the same level as the top surface of the second solder layer facing the second region.
14. The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the first and second regions are formed to a different thickness and the top surfaces of the first and second solder layers have a step height that compensates for a step difference between the first and second regions.
15. The light-emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the submount has a first groove formed along one direction and a plurality of second grooves arranged at predetermined intervals perpendicular to the length of the first groove.
16. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the light-emitting element is one of a laser diode (LD) and a light-emitting diode (LED).
17. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the solder layer is formed of one of Sn-based alloys Au/Sn and Sn/Ag.
18. The light-emitting device of claim 3 , wherein the submount is formed of one of insulating materials that are aluminum nitride (AlN), silicon carbide (SiC), aluminum (Al), and silicon (Si).
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